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{{trope}}
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{{quote|"Unfashionable underpants of the sort often worn by men in their twilight years."|''[[
[[I See London|Exposing a character's underwear]] is always good for a laugh. This goes double if they have underwear with a silly or embarrassing print on them. Boxer shorts with polka dots, or better yet hearts on them seem to be popular. In fact nearly everyone in cartoons seems to wear these. Well, that or [[Epileptic Trees|these boxers cause trouser accidents]].
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* Kamon on ''[[FLCL]]'', in a [[media:LupinFLCL.jpg|homage]] to ''[[Lupin III]]''.
* Dr. Z of ''[[Dinosaur King]]''.
* Sunohara Youhei of ''[[
* When Jing [[Defeat
* Tulip the giant in ''[[Jack to Mame no Ki]]'' after tearing off his clothes in a fit of rage. He actually spends the rest of the movie like that, despite having opportunity to get dressed.
== Other-print boxers ==
* [[Ranma ½
** Also when Tsubasa is revealed to be a boy despite dressing and acting like a girl he is shown to wear pink boxers with yellow smiley faces on them.
* Several characters in the ''[[Pokémon (
* [[
* In a filler episode of ''[[Dragonball Z]]'', a girl caught Gohan wearing teddy bear print boxers, and threatened to tell the school about "his secret" unless he went on a date with her (and she actually thought the boxers only added to his cuteness) . However, Gohan thought she'd caught him removing his Great Saiyaman costume.
* [[Classy Cat Burglar]] Carson D. Carson spends most of ''Project Eden'' (The [[
* In ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'', Spain has [[Trademark Favorite Food|tomato]]-print boxers. China has [[Everythings Better With Pandas|panda]] boxers.
* ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]'', The entire beginning of the series, especially when it comes to our favorite little Dying Will Bullet that burns off all your clothes (except your underwear, in most cases). As a matter of fact, Tsuna seemingly has a different one each and every time. The boxers return again when Spanner captures him... well... you know the rest...
* Averted in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (
* In the English dub of [[Sailor Moon]], a little boy drops his pants in front of Rini and says "I wear Sailor Moon underwear!" though he is shown holding plain looking briefs in one hand and his shorts in the other. In the original Japanese, he tells Chibiusa "Look at my little elephant!", doing his impression of [[Shin Chan]].
* ''[[Soul Eater]]'''s titular Soul apparently wears blue boxers with bones on them both in the manga and the anime (and since the series was animated by BONES...yeah).
* In ''[[Seto no Hanayome]]'', [[Everything's Even Worse
* In one episode of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' Jaden is shown in boxers with his teacher's cat printed all over them.
* In ''[[Dragon Half]]'', Mig's Teddy Bear undies first lead to his [[Defeat
* From ''[[
* In ''[[Kore wa Zombie Desu
== Childish women's underwear ==
* Anime/manga example: [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]] Sakaki's kitty underpants (which completely blow her (unwanted) image) in ''[[
** In a similar, offscreen example, Tsukasa in ''[[Lucky Star]]'' is particularly embarrassed by absent-mindedly wearing character print underwear on [[Measuring Day]].
** Also similarly, Yuno in ''[[Hidamari Sketch]]'' was also hugely embarrassed when her kitten-print undies was revealed in a locker-room prank. (Why does it have to be [[Yonkoma]]...?)
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* Asuna of ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' was embarrassed to no end when a magical sneeze from Negi destroyed her clothes, showing her teddy bear panties to the man she had a crush on.
* On the cover of ''[[Bleach]]'' volume 3, you can see that Orihime's wearing polka-dot underwear.
* In ''[[
* Misaka Mikoto of ''[[
** And Saten likes to greet Uiharu by flipping her skirt and commenting on the panties she's wearing that day. At least once they were clovers.
* ''[[Popotan]]'' -- Mii, at every possible opportunity.
* Parodied by (what else?) ''[[
* Penny in ''[[Zatch Bell]]'' has underwear with her one-sided boyfriend (Zatch) on them. Then, she accidentally reveals them to Kiyo's class. Their reactions are epic.
* In ''[[Midori Days]]'', Seiji recognizes one character as being American because of her [[Wearing a Flag
* In ''[[Doctor Slump|Dr. Slump]]'', Yamabuki Midori is reported to wear ''[[Godzilla]]'' panties.
** At first she wore strawberry panties.
* In one of the episodes of the second season of ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou
* The first episode of ''[[Himesama Goyoujin]]'' has [[Alpha Bitch|Aoi Misuzu]] slip on a discarded soda can, showing off her tanuki-print panties to the rest of the tennis club.
* When Umino flipped up Miss Haruna's skirt in ''[[Sailor Moon]]'', it had a big smiley on it. She does have a fairly fun and childish personality to go with it, which of course was thrown out in the English dub.
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* In one chapter of ''[[Magic Kaito]]'', Kaitou flips up Aoko's skirt and recoils in horror - Aoko, knowing that he often does this to her, had put on panties with a fish print! ([[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|Kaitou is mortally afraid of fish for reasons that were never explained]]).
* In ''[[Change 123]]'', when Kosukegawa first meets [[Cheerful Child|Mikiri]], she's wearing bunny panties . . . [[Innocent Fanservice Girl|and nothing else]].
* In ''[[Ookami-
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** His recent adventures take this to a whole new level of horrifying as he has acquired Jean "Marvel Girl" Grey's original costume, complete with tiny yellow panties. An attempt to impress some ladies by stripping down reveals that he wears these when his other clothes are being laundered.
* David Qin from ''[[Strangers in Paradise]]'' also had a pair with teddy bear print. They were a gift.
* A ''[[
* [[Spider
== Other men's underwear ==
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== Fan Fic ==
== Other-print boxers ==
* In ''[[Light and Dark - The Adventures of Dark Yagami
* In the [[Gender Flip]] fanfic ''[[
== Childish women's underwear ==
* [http://potterpuffs.livejournal.com/ PotterPuffs] [[Harry Potter]] fan art reveals [http://web.archive.org/web/20081224152505/http://potterpuffs.livejournal.com/8588.html Death Eater underwear], including [http://web.archive.org/web/20050921174244/http://sectumsempra.net/potterpuffs/puffs/narcissa02.jpg Narcissa's hilarious HelloKitty panties].
* In ''[[Kyon:
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== Other-print boxers ==
* Agent Simmons (played by John Turturro) in the ''[[Transformers (
** It's certainly far better than [[Squick|what he wears]] [[Fan Disservice|in the sequel]].
* In the George Lucas film version of ''[[Howard the Duck (
* Christopher Lambert's character in ''The Hunted'' wears boxers dotted with cute little pigs, which his lover finds rather amusing.
{{quote| '''Paul:''' ''Yeah... I like piggies.''}}
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== Childish women's underwear ==
* The ''[[
** Not so much childish as actually children's underwear. Diaz's character was wearing Underoos.
* In ''[[Dude, Where's My Car?]]'' the heroes are menaced by a [[Attack of the 50 Foot Whatever|giant alien woman]]... wearing pink bunny panties.
* In Disney's ''[[Robin Hood]]'' when Lady Kluck is beating up Prince John's guards, one of them grabs her waist and pulls. Her bottom half slides down, revealing [http://hq55.com/disney/robinh/robin-hood-disneyscreencaps.com-5615.jpg purple polka-dot underwear].
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* In the Quebecois novel ''[[Le Dernier Des Raisins]]'', Francois's are pink with elephants.
* In one of the [[Doctor Who]] [[Doctor Who Expanded Universe|spinoff novels]], one of the Doctor's companions has underpants with a [[Freud Was Right|carrot]] on the front. He's not especially embarrassed by them, but [[Platonic Life Partners|another of the Doctor's companions]] is embarrassed to see them.
* In ''Grave Peril'', one of [[
** especially amusing as he'd stolen them from the vampires' laundry room.
* In ''[[The Saga of Darren Shan]]'', Gavner Purl has bright yellow boxers with tiny pink elephants (a gift from his girlfriend).
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== Live Action Television ==
== Boxers with red/pink hearts ==
* Abed wore these on ''[[
== Other-print boxers ==
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* A hilarious moment in the popular season 1 episode of ''[[Veronica Mars]]'', "An Echolls Family Christmas", features several poker players stripped down to their boxers. Duncan and Logan were wearing ''identical'' ones (blue with reindeer heads).
* In his 60th anniversary special, Mickey Mouse was stripped to a pair of boxers with orange polka dots by an angry wizard. (Mickey had "borrowed" some of this wizard's magic to impress the crowd gathered at the celebration).
* ''[[
** ''[[Survivorman]]'' had Scooby-Doo boxers, but it's unclear if he owns some, or it's just part of the "props of items average joes would most likely have if lost".
* Tim's union jack boxers make several appearances in ''[[
** And in ''Saturday Night Grease'' he dons a pair of underpants that have a large carrot on them.
* There was a laundry detergent ad a while back that had a woman magically teleport the clothes off of a bunch of [[Hot Men At Work|hunky construction worker types]], leaving them in their [[Estrogen Brigade Bait|underwear]]. [[Rule of Funny|Naturally]], one guy had bunny rabbit print undies, leading to this memorable exchange at the end of the ad:
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== Other men's underwear ==
* One episode of ''[[Man vs. Wild]]'' revealed that Bear Grylls owns a pair of Union Jack briefs. (This may have been a set-up, though.)
* In a scene in ''[[That 70s Show]]'' parodying ''[[
* In [[Dead Like Me]], Mason is shown multiple times wearing nothing but his Union Jack briefs. Which was enough for George to demand he moves out of her apartment.
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== Video Games ==
== Boxers with red/pink hearts ==
* King Arthur's traditional garb in ''[[Ghosts
** ''[[
** The [[Spiritual Successor]] ''[[Maximo]]: Ghosts to Glory'' also has heart boxers as part of the game-long [[Homage]], with other prints available for purchase. The sequel, ''Maximo Versus the Army Of Zin'', expands this, giving the title character the ability to change boxers to get additional powers (like the ability to get an extra level of armor).
* In ''[[King's Quest VII]]'', the Werebear is left in these after jackalope!Valanice blows off his fur and pants.
* In ''[[Quest for Glory]] II'', while sleeping at the Inn in Raseir, the hero can be seen wearing these when his blanket is pulled off by a rat.
* In ''[[
* Available for purchase at Binco in ''[[Grand Theft Auto San Andreas]]''.
* In ''[[
* In ''[[Rocket Knight Adventures]]'' (and the recent 2.5D revival, ''Rocket Knight''), these seem to be part of the uniform for the pig soldiers of the Devotindos Empire.
* In ''[[Mickey Mania]]'', the final boss Pete wears these. The dagger-throwing weasel guards in the same level wear pink polka dots instead.
* Chuck Greene's default boxers in ''[[Dead Rising 2]]''.
** In [[Dead Rising|the first game]], [[Ghosts
* These are an underwear option in ''[[Saints Row]]''.
* These can be seen flying out of destroyed luggage in ''[[Angry Birds]] Rio''.
* As an [[Idle Animation]], [[Earthworm Jim (
== Other-print boxers ==
* In [[Crash Bandicoot|Crash Bandicoot's]] [[Crash Bandicoot 2 Cortex Strikes Back|second]] and [[Crash Bandicoot 3 Warped|third]] [[Play Station]] games, several of his [[The Many Deaths of You|death sequences]] reveal his [[Real Men Wear Pink|pink polka-dot boxers]]. In one, he doesn't actually die, he's just [[Defeat
** In ''[[Crash Bandicoot 3 Warped]]'', if you shoot the Wizard enemy with the Fruit Bazooka (or attack him by any method in the [[Difficulty
** At the end of ''Mind Over Mutant'', Cortex fights Crash in his red polka-dot briefs after he [[Hulking Out|hulks out]] of his clothes.
* In ''[[Punch Out|Punch-Out Wii]]'', King Hippo has upgraded to star-print boxers.
* The Soviet Premier in the Allied ending of ''[[Command and Conquer Red Alert|Red Alert 2]]'' is found hiding under a desk wearing boxers with a red "[[Wearing a Flag
* In the character videos in ''[[F
* In another ''[[
** Wario himself has trouble keeping his pants up on the map screen.
* In the ''[[Metal Slug]]'' series, the Prisoners Of War reward you for rescuing them by pulling a giant pair of blue-and-white-striped boxers [[Trouser Space|out of their pants]] and dispensing an item from them.
** Also, when the Mars People betray General Morden in ''[[Metal Slug]] 2/[[Updated Rerelease|X]]'' and ''3'', they strip him to his undies. In ''2/X'', they're pink bikini briefs; in ''3'', polka-dot shorts.
* Agent Smith in the ''[[Hitman]]'' games is often seen wearing boxer shorts printed with the [[Wearing a Flag
* While merchandise and cameos often depict Arthur as wearing heart boxers (as noted above), official artwork has always put strawberries on his boxers instead. In ''Ultimate [[Ghosts
** In ''[[
*** ''[[Updated Rerelease|Ultimate]]'' adds blue with white polka dots and [[Real Men Wear Pink|pink with white hearts]].
** Arthur wears vertically striped boxers in the obscure Wonderswan game (which also appear in one of his alternate outfits in [[Marvel vs. Capcom 3
** As mentioned above, [[Maximo]] can acquire a variety of different boxers in his games, including monogrammed, cow-spotted, and dollar signs. In the second game, each print gives a different bonus.
* While monsters in ''[[
* ''[[Spyro a Heros Tail]]'' has Gnasty Gnorc reveal his red polka-dot boxers when he's goaded into swinging so hard that his staff/club sticks into the ground. More humiliating is the fact that this is his weak point.
** Which is somewhat odd considering that in his [[Spyro the Dragon 1998
* In the ending of ''[[
* Vincent from ''[[Catherine]]'' spends most of the game in nothing but his polka-dot boxers.
* [[Leisure Suit Larry]] ends up [[Chained to
* In one ''[[Solatorobo]]'' 4koma, Red is embarrassed that Chocolat is showing off the Asmodeus while [http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__jUtxBOsFyg/TNs9dmOD43I/AAAAAAAABKY/v72fHQzDMdY/s1600/05.png his boxers are hanging to dry]. One is white with a single red heart, the other is white with yellow stars. Another piece of official art shows [http://www.n1ntendo.nl/publicfiles/games/4103-Solatorobo-Red-the-Hunter/DS/50_Illustration_5.jpg a pair of blue-and-white striped boxers landing on Elh's head], but precisely whose they are is never said.
== Other men's underwear ==
* The first boss of ''[[The Simpsons (
* The Bokoblins in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
* Raikov gets stripped down to his [[Fan Nickname|thunderthong]] (a lightning-bolt printed leather thong) in ''[[Metal Gear Solid]] 3''.
== Childish women's underwear ==
* As mentioned before, in a ''[[
* In ''[[Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney]]'', Trucy Wright's "magic panties" are blue with red hearts.
** Plum's are huge bloomers with her namesake flower on them.
* In [[Super Robot Wars Original Generation]], when [[Tsundere|Seolla]] axe-kicked [[Idiot Hero|Arado]] for [[Gag Boobs|making yet another boob-joke on her]], she ends up revealing to [[The Generic Guy|Russel]], of all people... her teddie bear panties.
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== Web Comics ==
== Boxers with red/pink hearts ==
* These seem to be Chuy's underpants of choice in ''[[
* In [http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/gamespyarchive/index.php?date=2008-09-15 this] ''[[
* A very rare female example: [http://www.pasteldefender.com/066.html Fuschia] in ''[[Unicorn Jelly
* Captain Phi of the Royal Guard has [http://www.exiern.com/?p=1915 some nice ones] in ''[[
== Other-print boxers ==
* In [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff100/fv00082.htm this] ''[[
* [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080507 A recent omake] of ''[[
** There is also a Wulfenbach sigil, like [[Sigil Spam|on everything else]].
* Drecker from ''[[
* Mr. Mighty from ''[[
* Angus in ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* In ''[[
* [http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20060918.html Here] in ''[[
== Other men's underwear ==
* Bennie in ''[http://www.doemain.com A Doemain of Our Own]'' wears briefs with [http://www.doemain.com/index.cgi/2007-03-22 steaks and bacon print]. When he discovers [http://www.doemain.com/index.cgi/2007-05-03 a rose] on Sue's undies it inspires a [http://www.doemain.com/index.cgi/2007-05-10 classic pun].
* [[
== Childish women's underwear ==
* [[The Wotch
* Angela in ''[[
* ''[[
** The author's LJ blog has [http://qcjeph.livejournal.com/109208.html the illustration] for [[Fan Service|those interested]].
* In another ''[[
* Chloe in ''[[
* Hatsuki of ''[[
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== Boxers with red/pink hearts ==
* In ''[[The Sims]] 3'' version of ''[[My Immortal]]'', "Snap" is wearing these [http://www.youtube.cf/watch?v=limPiSSkUoc&feature=related when Ebony catches him and "Loopin" having sex with Dobby watching.]
* [[The Spoony Experiment
== Other-print boxers ==
* When Danielbeast of ''[[
* In ''[[Homestar Runner]]'', somebody once sent in a photograph of their Stinkoman underwear. Strong Bad's underwear apparently has lipstick marks on it, but [[Squick|if they were received from actual kisses... well, let's just say he really is a ladies' man]].
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== Western Animation ==
== Boxers with red/pink hearts ==
* ''[[
* In an episode of the ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' cartoon, a Koopa Troopa is [[Removable Shell|knocked out of his shell]] and has on a pair of yellow boxers with red hearts underneath.
** [[SpongeBob SquarePants
** In "Underworld Connections" of ''[[The Legend of Zelda (
* Two examples from ''[[
* Seems to be the preferred undergarment of Disney's Goofy in [[House of Mouse|his more recent appearances]].
** In his [[Classic Disney Shorts|oldest appearances]], Goofy seemed to prefer red long underwear, as this was the norm for underwear gags in cartoons at the time. Later he wore these same long johns as his alter ego Super Goof.
* Various characters in ''[[
* In the classic ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987
* Jasmine's suitor at the beginning of [[Walt Disney|Disney's]] ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]''.
** Odd, since the Sultan is holding a piece of heart fabric as though it's from the underwear, when in fact it should be from the pants that Rajah bit a hole in.
** Also one of the guards during One Step Ahead -- not hearts, but pink stripes.
** This carries over to the [[Sega Genesis]] game, where if a palace guard is attacked, sometimes his pants drop to reveal heart underwear!
* In [[Walt Disney|Disney's]] ''[[Mulan]]'', when the [[Comic Trio]] goes skinny-dipping, one of them drops his red hearts boxers on Mushu. (It seems the Ancient Chinese invented these, too.)
* A female Disney example: In ''[[Alice in Wonderland (Disney film)|Alice in Wonderland]]'', when the Queen of Hearts falls over, her bloomers have, as you'd expect, red hearts on them.
* Lucky Piquel from ''[[
* Pete from ''[[
* They're pink hearts, not red, but they appear on a cop and off of Gandhi in ''[[Clone High]]''.
* In the ''[[
{{quote| '''Dr. Possible:''' (banging on shuttle portal, yelling)<br />
'''Shego:''' Is he always this excitable?<br />
'''Ron:''' Yeah, he doesn't have the same "missing trouser" experience as I do. }}
* Lucius on ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'', in an [[Embarrassing Old Photo]].
* In ''[[The Princess and
* [[Barbie|Ken]] from ''[[Toy Story|Toy Story 3.]]''
== Other-print boxers ==
* Despite the image at the top of this page, Patrick Starr was embarrassed when he was revealed to be wearing underwear with "Goofy Goober" dancing peanut print in ''The [[
* In the "Steerminator" episode of ''[[Darkwing Duck (
* A [[Running Gag]] on ''[[The Critic]]'' involved Jay Sherman losing his pants to reveal a pair of underwear with a (usually embarrassing) movie title printed on the rear (such as ''Back Draft'' and ''My Own Private Idaho''). This is a subset of a [[Running Gag]] established in the pilot: he never buys clothes because studios always send him free items as payment for his movie reviews.
* A [[Running Gag]] on ''[[Ka Blam!]]'' was the introduction of the "surprising shorts," animated shorts that were not part of any of the show's recurring series. Whenever Henry announced the shorts, June would promptly run over and pull down his pants, revealing embarrassing boxer shorts before announcing "Surprising!"
* In ''[[
** At another time, Danny's English teacher, Mr. Lancer, was revealed to be wearing boxers with little Shakespeare heads on them.
* Blanka/Charlie in the USA ''[[Street Fighter (
* In an episode of ''[[Denver, the Last Dinosaur]]'', it is revealed that [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] Morton Fizzback wears dollar-motif underpants.
* During the [[Transformation Sequence]] in ''[[
* All over the place in ''[[
** Tails even lampshades this when he questions the mayor's taste in boxers.
* Belle's father Maurice accidentally pulls down his pants and is wearing pink polka-dotted underwear when we first see him in [[Walt Disney|Disney's]] ''[[Beauty and
* [[Kim Possible
* In ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' one fight sequence between the nefarious Dr. Doofenshmirtz and his nemesis Perry the Platypus resulted in the loss of his pants, exposing boxers with Perry's face printed on them, another jab at their [[Foe Yay]]-type relationship.
{{quote| '''Doofenshmirtz:''' For your information, [[Blatant Lies|I had these]] ''[[Blatant Lies|way]]'' [[Blatant Lies|before I met you!]]}}
* In ''[[
* In ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy
{{quote| '''Marie''': Hey are these real leopard-skin undies? (Cartoonish stretching sounds)<br />
'''Eddy''': Ack!<br />
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'''Eddy''':(pulling at his shirt collar with steam coming from it) They're my brother's. What?<br />
'''Marie''': Says "Eddy" on the tag. }}
* ''[[
* Linguini from ''[[Ratatouille]]'' is revealed to be wearing ''[[The Incredibles|Incredibles]]'' print boxers during the scene where he is trying to hide Remy the rat from the other chefs.
* In ''[[The Thief and
* In the [[
* The Green Goblin in ''[[Spider
* The ''[[Camp Lazlo]]'' episode "Campers All Pull Pants" is about Edward attempting to pants everyone in Camp Kidney. Guess what just about every camper is wearing?
* In the cartoon version of [[Space Ace]], in the episode, ''Perilous Partners,'' Borf is shown wearing red boxers with yellow polka dots on them.
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== Other men's underwear ==
* ''[[
** And they helped {{spoiler|save Beijing from giant insects}}.
* As revealed at the end of [[Pixar Shorts|''Tokyo Mater'']], unpainted metal is actually considered to be the automobile equivalent of underwear.
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== Childish women's underwear ==
* On ''[[
* In the movie ''[[Rugrats in Paris]]'' Coco LaBouche loses the back of her dress revealing purple underwear with green hearts and pink S's which are supposedly dollar signs. You can see it here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[[Yk N 2 WQ 5 m]]_QU
* Rita from ''[[Flushed Away]]'' is revealed to have blue-and-white striped panties during the scene where Roddy accidentally pulls down her pants while escaping from the Toad and his henchrats while using the sewer gate's main cable as a zipline. Rita then proceeds to use said cable as a belt shortly after escaping.
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